In a wok or suitable pan with a little oil, saute onion over gentle heat till clear, add garlic and and continue to stir fry for two minutes. Add carrot, celery and capsicum. Cook for a further few minutes until the vegetables are softened. Add mushrooms. Use more oil as needed to avoid burning the ingredients.

Next bring enough water to the boil to cook two portions of egg noodles. Add these and stir with fork to break up. When they are cooked enough to free up drain and add to the vegetables.

Sauce

2 tablespoons soy sauce

1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar

1 teaspoon brown sugar

Mix the above ingredients together and pour over the noodles and vegetables. Add some water if required to keep the mixture moist and moving.

Options

Fry up diced firm tofu and add along with vegetables when making the vegetarian version.

Fry up strips of suitable steak in a separate pan to add to the chow mein after serving for meat eaters.

Fry up tofu and steak in separate pans to make a version of each. Some meat eaters wont come at the tofu, however with the above sauce it tastes really nice. May need a little more sauce when using tofu as it absorbs flavours well.

Make an egg omelet and cut the omelet into strips and use as a garnish on any or all of these versions or as its own vegetarian version.

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Comments 12 comments

Its quite simple really and I just put in however much of each ingredient as I think makes a good balance, except the sauce needs to be in the ratio that I have written. Thanks for the comment.

Riviera Rose 5 years ago from South of France

Looks delicious! I wish tofu was more readily available in France...

tebo 5 years ago from New Zealand Author

Yes it is quite tasty. The tofu absorbs the sauce flavours really well which is good as tofu is quite tasteless otherwise. Thanks for the comment.

Suramya.K 5 years ago

Ahh, Chowmein is one of my favorites. We have lots of noodles in snacks. Noodles is something like gravy and soupy. When I'm a bit energetic, I like to cook chowmein. We sometimes have chowmein for dinner and nothing, we love it!

However, we don't put vinegar and tofu, just a simple one. Seems like its a lot tastier with tofu and vinegar.

My mouth is watering!!

tebo 5 years ago

I take it you put soy sauce with it. The combination of rice wine vinegar, soy sauce and sugar does taste nice. Not too much vinegar though otherwise it takes over.

KoffeeKlatch Gals 5 years ago from Sunny Florida

Great looking recipe. Love the photos. It sounds delicious.

tebo 5 years ago from New Zealand Author

Yes I really like it. Sometimes vegetarian meals can be a bit bland, but I must say this one really interests the taste buds. Thanks for your comment.

iZeko 5 years ago

That’s definitely something I want to try. It looks delicious!

tebo 5 years ago from New Zealand Author

It is delicious. The flavours are great. Hope you enjoy.

Victoria Lynn 3 years ago from Arkansas, USA

This looks great. Very tasty! And pretty easy, too! :-)

tebo 3 years ago from New Zealand Author

Thanks Victoria Lynn. Yes you are right it does taste good and is quick and easy. Thanks for commenting.